Listening Through The Dictionary of Composers and Their Music
Joseph Holbrooke (1878-1958)
Bio
Joseph Charles Holbrooke was born in Surrey. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music and won several prizes for his compositions. He worked for Granville Bantock at the Midland Institute School of Music and then met Thomas Scott-Ellis, 8th Baron Howard de Walden who served as his patron for the remainder of his life. He wrote in the late-Romantic style and named Brahms, Dvořák, and Tchaikovsky his chief influences.
Music
The Raven
Symphony No. 3 in E minor "Ships"
Violin Concerto in F major "The Grasshopper"
The Bells
Ulalume
Piano Concerto No. 1
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